Take a closer look at URLs & unsafe links in emails.
Scam sites, malicious downloads or keylogging and system infiltrations still occur because of many people clicking on an unsafe link in their email.
Recognise all the hidden dangers in email links.
Some challenging scam statistics:
1 in 10
URLs are malicious.
48%
of malicious email attachments are embedded into office files (documents, spreadsheets, etc.)
74%
of scam sites shut down during the first quarter of 2020 contained ‘HTTPS’ in the URL address.
Cybercriminals know how to search & find what they’re looking for.
Top-Level Domains (TLD) refers to the URL indicator at the end of the webpage address. The original domain names refer to those that have been around since the start of the internet: .com; .net; .org; .asia; .biz; .int; .edu; .gov; etc.
In April 2020 over 65% of phishing scam sites had these TLD’s, making them that much harder to spot. Cybercriminals know that they have to try that much harder to make it seem even more legitimate, so they can trick you into clicking the link and giving them access to your data.
Do you know the
Safe practise
is being wary of email text that contains URL’s, links or other ‘clickable’ elements such as fake login buttons or attachments.
Unsafe practise
is just clicking on ‘Unsubscribe’ to some random email to a subscription you don’t remember opting into. This is a trick that is often used by cybercriminals.
Learn how to spot the difference:
In the below pictures, there are 4 differences. When you click on a valid difference, a tick will appear in the circles below. Try and find all 4!
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